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kalmia

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kal=mi=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

kalmian. [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a Swedish botanist.].
     A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain laurel, ivy bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

kalmia, n. a N. American evergreen shrub of the genus Kalmia, esp. K. latifolia, with showy pink flowers.

Etymology
mod.L f. P. Kalm, Sw. botanist d. 1779

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